Population in Mauritania compared to Oman: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritania and Oman: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Oman	Mauritania	Oman
1960	824,298	530,485	-	-
1961	846,167	539,854	2.65%	1.77%
1962	869,184	549,941	2.72%	1.87%
1963	893,423	560,827	2.79%	1.98%
1964	918,955	572,577	2.86%	2.1%
1965	945,838	585,236	2.93%	2.21%
1966	974,157	598,804	2.99%	2.32%
1967	1,003,843	613,318	3.05%	2.42%
1968	1,034,739	628,798	3.08%	2.52%
1969	1,066,754	645,255	3.09%	2.62%
1970	1,099,806	662,680	3.1%	2.7%
1971	1,133,702	681,119	3.08%	2.78%
1972	1,168,355	700,593	3.06%	2.86%
1973	1,203,838	721,179	3.04%	2.94%
1974	1,240,188	746,988	3.02%	3.58%
1975	1,277,330	778,864	2.99%	4.27%
1976	1,315,336	814,701	2.98%	4.6%
1977	1,353,768	855,314	2.92%	4.99%
1978	1,392,713	900,304	2.88%	5.26%
1979	1,432,758	949,116	2.88%	5.42%
1980	1,474,043	1,001,248	2.88%	5.49%
1981	1,516,877	1,057,320	2.91%	5.6%
1982	1,561,176	1,117,678	2.92%	5.71%
1983	1,606,746	1,181,459	2.92%	5.71%
1984	1,653,693	1,247,716	2.92%	5.61%
1985	1,702,107	1,325,480	2.93%	6.23%
1986	1,751,835	1,413,419	2.92%	6.63%
1987	1,803,014	1,500,996	2.92%	6.2%
1988	1,855,859	1,588,568	2.93%	5.83%
1989	1,903,048	1,676,228	2.54%	5.52%
1990	1,951,878	1,763,954	2.57%	5.23%
1991	2,009,738	1,851,473	2.96%	4.96%
1992	2,088,135	1,938,238	3.9%	4.69%
1993	2,174,328	2,021,675	4.13%	4.3%
1994	2,249,454	2,081,834	3.46%	2.98%
1995	2,312,017	2,120,528	2.78%	1.86%
1996	2,358,188	2,156,926	2%	1.72%
1997	2,411,306	2,190,720	2.25%	1.57%
1998	2,474,651	2,222,489	2.63%	1.45%
1999	2,541,698	2,252,909	2.71%	1.37%
2000	2,613,441	2,282,131	2.82%	1.3%
2001	2,678,760	2,310,217	2.5%	1.23%
2002	2,738,655	2,337,140	2.24%	1.17%
2003	2,802,046	2,363,796	2.31%	1.14%
2004	2,868,664	2,404,821	2.38%	1.74%
2005	2,939,059	2,459,802	2.45%	2.29%
2006	3,013,660	2,514,795	2.54%	2.24%
2007	3,093,059	2,570,174	2.63%	2.2%
2008	3,183,269	2,626,529	2.92%	2.19%
2009	3,284,448	2,684,659	3.18%	2.21%
2010	3,390,965	2,757,446	3.24%	2.71%
2011	3,502,811	3,076,763	3.3%	11.6%
2012	3,619,034	3,547,106	3.32%	15.3%
2013	3,734,318	3,833,913	3.19%	8.09%
2014	3,848,514	4,002,439	3.06%	4.4%
2015	3,965,959	4,184,895	3.05%	4.56%
2016	4,086,657	4,390,877	3.04%	4.92%
2017	4,210,600	4,537,396	3.03%	3.34%
2018	4,337,685	4,597,877	3.02%	1.33%
2019	4,467,708	4,591,241	3%	-0.14%
2020	4,600,131	4,522,497	2.96%	-1.5%
2021	4,734,874	4,500,424	2.93%	-0.49%
2022	4,875,637	4,730,226	2.97%	5.11%
2023	5,022,441	5,049,269	3.01%	6.74%
2024	5,169,395	5,281,538	2.93%	4.6%
2025	5,315,063	5,494,693	2.82%	4.04%
2026	5,461,313	5,671,451	2.75%	3.22%
2027	5,608,785	5,814,719	2.7%	2.53%
2028	5,757,952	5,929,317	2.66%	1.97%
2029	5,909,186	6,026,178	2.63%	1.63%
2030	6,062,523	6,112,708	2.59%	1.44%
2031	6,217,791	6,194,366	2.56%	1.34%
2032	6,374,839	6,275,465	2.53%	1.31%
2033	6,533,828	6,356,248	2.49%	1.29%
2034	6,694,445	6,436,919	2.46%	1.27%
2035	6,856,314	6,517,799	2.42%	1.26%
2036	7,019,227	6,599,101	2.38%	1.25%
2037	7,183,105	6,681,041	2.33%	1.24%
2038	7,348,357	6,763,781	2.3%	1.24%
2039	7,514,734	6,847,380	2.26%	1.24%
2040	7,681,907	6,931,970	2.22%	1.24%
2041	7,850,210	7,017,684	2.19%	1.24%
2042	8,020,480	7,104,475	2.17%	1.24%
2043	8,192,542	7,192,217	2.15%	1.24%
2044	8,365,171	7,280,846	2.11%	1.23%
2045	8,538,521	7,370,221	2.07%	1.23%
2046	8,713,247	7,460,268	2.05%	1.22%
2047	8,888,466	7,550,973	2.01%	1.22%
2048	9,064,207	7,642,323	1.98%	1.21%
2049	9,240,169	7,734,352	1.94%	1.2%
2050	9,415,589	7,826,991	1.9%	1.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Oman gained 1,876,082 people (a 74.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Oman's population increased by 1,282,139 (a 29.2% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Oman was ranked 138th in 2006 and ranked 118th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mauritania's population will grow by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people with a rank change from 123rd to 103rd. The population of Oman will increase by 38% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 118th to 113th.